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In strife torn 1979 Britain, against a backdrop of Bowie and driven by a gender bending, genre strikes, blackouts, racism and homophobia, out of busting desire to make it, these penniless one small London venue called The Blitz came a superstars in the making from Boy George & generation of outrageous teenagers. Culture Club to Spandau Ballet, Visage, Ultravox & Sade would go on to change the face of fashion, Working class and art school kids, who would music and culture across the world. define the look, the sound, the style and the attitude of the ‘80s & beyond. Inspired by David This is their story ...

The Monster Mews Telephone: +353-1-6114934 11A Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland Fax: +353-1-6114935 Please Click link to screen www.monsterentertainment.tv Mobile: +353-86-6032164 E: [email protected] Video Killed The Radio Star HD 50 x 22 mins Series 5 + 6 + 7 + 8

Created by multi Grammy Winner + Producer Scott Videos such as Millaney and Multi Grammy + BAFTA winning Director Brian Grant. Bowie’s "Ashes to Ashes" Elton John’s “I’m still standing” The series Highlights Visual Video Styles and Musical Impacts from the pioneering David Bowie to the icon - Prince’s “Purple Rain" ic visuals of Michael Jackson + Elton John. Madonna's “Vogue” Each episode is dedicated to a particular unique Michael Jackson's “Thriller” Artist / Video Director / Stylist and more..

The Monster Mews Telephone: +353-1-6114934 11A Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland Fax: +353-1-6114935 Please Click link to screen www.monsterentertainment.tv Mobile: +353-86-6032164 E: [email protected] 2 Lane 6 x 1 Hours ory S CONCERTS Mem THE EARLY NOUGHTIE

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The Monster Mews Telephone: +353-1-6114934 11A Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland Fax: +353-1-6114935 Please screen here www.monsterentertainment.tv Mobile: +353-86-6032164 E: [email protected] Filmed at various UK venues over the course of 1 Kylie Minogue’s tour of the same name in late x 1 2018, Golden: Live in Concert is a beautifully shot 20’ record of a performer at the top of her game.

Off the back of her No 1 album released earlier that year – her 14th studio album – and containing a host of her biggest hits from through the years, the show was both critically acclaimed and a commercial success.

The film was directed by Blue Leach and Kylie’s creative director, Rob Sinclair, and won the award for Best Live Concert at the 2019 UK Music Video Awards.

A TV version aired on Channel 4 in the UK as a Christmas Day special and on Channel 9 in Australia on New Year’s Eve.

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Fontaines DC Just over a year after the release of Dogrel, their much buzzed about debut album, Dublin band Fontaines DC released the single “A Hero’s Death” , which added a hypnotic new element to their already dynamic post-punk sound.

The album A Hero’s Death, released in July would see the group showered with praise at home, cementing their reputation as one of the greatest bands to emerge from Ireland in the last decade. It received a Grammy nomination for best rock album and was listed by NME, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, the Guardian and BBC was one of the albums of the year.

They join us on Other Voices for a special at Kilmainham Gaol, one of Dublin’s most important historical sites. Given the groups deep ties to Dublin city, it is almost impossible to think of a better space for the group to showcase their album. As well as featuring this exclusive performance, it also features a never-before-seen interview with the band.

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Other Voices started as a one-off music event in a small church in the west of Ireland and over the last 18 years the idea has grown. Other Voices has led to the creation of Ireland's longest standing international music TV series and the filming of that series, which subsequently became a music festival, a tourism event in its own right that celebrates the local on a global scale. Other Voices has taken place in austin Texas, london, new York, Derry, Dingle, Berlin and Belfast.

Other Voices Highlights Series is a hD music series featuring intimate recorded performances and interviews with some of the biggest names in international music and up-and-coming artists including The XX, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, St. Vincent, Mumford & Sons, James Blunt, Seasick Steve, Snow Patrol, Ryan Adams, Patty Griffin, George Ezra, The National, Hozier and Elbow.

Please screen here Managed by Andrew Loog Oldham (manager of The Rolling Stones) in the 1970’s, musician Van Duren was tipped to be the next Paul McCartney, but instead faded into obscurity.

Forty years later, two aspiring Australian film-makers came across the mysterious musician’s lost album and set out to discover what went wrong.

They track Van Duren down on Facebook and journeyed through the USA to meet him. Along the way they cross paths with rockstars, Scientologists, con men and a host of talented musicians who never quite made it.

Van Duren’s lost career is a parable of the trials and tribulations of the music industry. This is a love letter to the artist that should have helped to define a generation.

A Successful and Award Winning Festival Film 1 x 79’ min

“...a fascinating story “ I Like Your Old Stuff

“ ...a fantastical tale jam- packed with famous WAITING stars, amazing musicians, music industry chicanery all soundtracked by the amazing music.. “ The Music Press

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The Easybeats win over the locals with She’s So Fine, do a deal with United Artists in the US, then give Australia its first international hit with Friday on My Mind in 1966.

Alberts hits flood the charts, not just rock & roll but also cracking pop; Ted Mulry’s Falling in Love Again, Alison MacCallum’s Superman, John Paul Young’s Pasadena and Love is in the Air. B l o o d + T h u n d e r The Sound of Alberts

Australia got its own rock & roll in the ’70s. Music company Alberts and the Youngs from Glasgow formed a bond. AC/DC played so loud and with such raw energy that the music reverberated across the world.

It’s 1964. The conservative, cultured Albert music dynasty and the Young family, residents of the Villawood Migrant Hostel, both have music running through their veins. Their sons come together and one of the most exciting periods in Australian cultural history begins.

Ted Albert wants Australia to have its own songbook. He first signs Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs then The Easybeats, founded on the raw talent of teenager George Young and two other irrepressible migrant kids Harry Vanda and Stevie Wright.

Please screen here In this fascinating documentary, we meet the x 30’ passionate makers and players of cigar box guitars. 1 Many of these craftsmen and musicians are from post-industrial British towns and have created a self-identity through making these unique three-stringed instruments. Born from the Blues, their simple, low cost, ‘no rules’ approach means anyone can have a go. Although the cigar box guitar has a long history in the USA, it has only recently become popular with musicians in the UK. This film reveals how just three chords, played on their unique, DIY, instruments, hand-made from recycled materials, has revolutionised their lives.

C i g a r B O X B L U E S The Makers of a Revolution

“No Way Get F*#ked, F*#k Off!” T h e is a fly-on-the-wall account of an iconic Australian band’s uneasy reconciliation.

Thirty years ago The Angels were kings A N G E L S of the Australian rock scene. Eight and a half years ago lead singer Doc Neeson walked out of the band. One year ago he and the rest of the original members were talking through lawyers in a bitter legal battle over naming rights. And then Doc’s manager David Edwards had an idea. Instead of tearing each other apart, why don’t they just put the band back together again?

That was the start of an uncertain journey as the five original members Doc Neeson, John & Rick Brewster, Chris Bailey and Buzz Bidstrup try to re-discover the magic that made the legend.

“ It’s putting a relationship back together again and in some ways it became a defacto divorce and I don’t know if I want my old girlfriend back “ Doc Neeson, 2008

“ I said for years ‘I’ll never work with Doc again ’’ Rick Brewster 2008

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Friday On My Mind - The story of The Easybeats

Two Dutchmen, two English men and one Scott met at Villawood Migrant Hostel in 1964. Within a year they had topped the music charts. Easybeats became Australia’s first international rock stars. Fan hysteria was generated wherever they appeared. Over four tumultuous years ‘Easy Fever’ spread around the world. But then…just as suddenly, they split. Lead singer Stevie Wright was only 21. Forty years on, the original members of The Easybeats tell their story for the first time in one documentary. The Easybeats success and their musical legacy are well known. During 1965 and early 1966 they released a string of No. 1 hits: ”She's So Fine”, "Women (Make You Feel Alright)" , "Come and See Her" and "I'll Make You Happy" Their first big international hit, "Friday On My Mind", was #1 in Australia, #6 in the UK, #16 in the USA, and the Top 10 in Germany, Holland, France and Italy, eventually selling over 1 million copies worldwide.

The Monster Mews Telephone: +353-1-6114934 Please screen here 11A Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland Fax: +353-1-6114935 www.monsterentertainment.tv Mobile: +353-86-6032164 E: [email protected] "One of the most beautifully euphoric live experiences" - BBC World Review

"The delicate and considered work of a music lover. Excellent!" - Myles O'Reilly, Arbutus Yarns

"An in-depth look at this extraordinary band" - Dan Hegarty, 2FM

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It's hard to separate the words enduring and energy Director Anthony White followed the band on tour, with the band we know as Kíla. Pota Óir is a in-depth capturing the infectious vitality of their performances look at this extraordinary band." - Dan Hegarty, 2fm in Ireland and the Cambridge Folk Festival, England. The film combines generous swathes of concert Kíla: Pot of Gold/Pota Óir is a portrait of one of footage, candid interviews and intimate backstage Ireland’s most respected cult bands who merge folk moments. A lively record of one of Ireland’s most and world music traditions into a euphoric live acclaimed and energetic live acts. experience. Now in their 30th year, Kíla has come to be considered one of Ireland’s most exciting and Kíla were nominated for an Emmy Award. Their most innovative bands. Their unique and ever-evolving notable collaborations have been on the soundtracks sound, while rooted in tradition, is inspired by a myriad for two Oscar nominated animated films The Secret of of influences from musical traditions around the globe. Kells and Song of the Sea with Composer Bruno Coulais.

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An exciting musical profile of the most disruptive group in traditional Irish music

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'Moment To Moment’, is a documentary film fied with the independent rock scene for about The Gloaming. Audiences love them, crit - his work with artists as diverse as The National, ics heap praise upon them, and Peter Gabriel Glen Hansard, and Antony and the Johnsons. describes them as having created a new Iarla has made many ground breaking recordings genre; they are a group of five outstanding musi - with the Afro Celt Sound System, his cians collectively known as The Gloaming. For distinctive voice venturing far beyond the Martin Hayes, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Caoimhín Ó boundaries of any one genre. Raghallaigh, Dennis Cahill and Thomas Bartlett, the interpretation and performance of The film depicts The Gloaming working together Irish traditional music is at the heart of their in Grouse Lodge Studios in County Westmeath, creative expression as musicians. Ireland. Later in the year, they were filmed in con - cert at the Triskel in Cork. The film reveals the Martin, Caoimhín and Dennis have been recog - profound connection between them as players and nized for balancing traditional rigor with an energy as players with their audience. that seems entirely new. Thomas has been identi -

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Kings of the World is an intimate musical portrait of a reclusive gipsy community in the South of France, which has produced world-famous musicians, yet remains largely unknown to the outside world. The film tells the story of three families, linked through ties of blood and music: the Reyes, famous as the Gipsy Kings, the Balliardo – descendants of Manitas de Plata, and their cousins the Regis, reclusive adepts of flamenco puro. Through cinematic imagery, poetic narrative, intimate musical performances and moving glimpses of day to day life, we learn to understand the mindset of these unique people, to whom fame and fortune have no value, and little matters but music and family. Shot in 4K and featuring over 20 musical performances, the film is a rare treat for anyone who likes flamenco guitar or the Gipsy Kings.

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Pauline Bewick: Yellow Man Grey Man represent an ideal life style and philosophy. This film brings is a feature film directed by artist Maurice Galway . the Grey Man into the light for the first time and gives an He examines in a creative way the hugely successful series intimate insight into how the artist works and the impor - of work by much loved artist, Pauline Bewick known as The tance of the two entities in her life’s work and achieve - Yellow Man and illuminates an equally important but ments. much less well-known series of her works : the Grey Man Drawings . The past 35 years have seen Pauline’s work develop into an internationally recognisable style, becoming an integral During conversations with Pauline over the last 10 years, part of Ireland’s cultural legacy. She lived with the Maori Maurice discovered the existence of her Grey Man; drawings people for over two years in the South Pacific, painting and dealing with a much darker side of the artist which arose writing, hoping to find the perfect society. Today her work from discussions she had with a Gestalt psychoanalyst. They continues to sell all over the wold. are in direct contrast to her Yellow Man works which

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There are cinematic milestones that have left a marked impression on the landscapes in which they were filmed. John Ford's take on his idealized vision of Ireland, 'The Quiet Man' , is one such film.

The plot revolves around Sean Thornton (John Wayne) who after killing a man in a boxing fight in America, returns to claim his ancestral home in Ireland and falls in love with a fiery redhead Mary Kate Danagher (Maureen O’Hara) . The themes of the film mirrored Ford’s own family’s experience of loss of land and forced emigration. When it was released 'The Quiet Man' became a monster hit all across the world and has resonated with international audiences ever since.

‘John Ford - Dreaming The Quiet Man’ reveals John Ford’s twenty-year quest to realize his most personal film. Gabriel Byrne narrates the story over stunning landscapes of Monument Valley in Arizona and the West of Ireland. Surviving extras from the ‘The Quiet Man’ add a unique backdrop to Ford’s masterpiece.

Narrated by Gabriel Byrne HD 56 mins

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The Monster Mews Telephone: +353-1-6114934 11A Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland Fax: +353-1-6114935 www.monsterentertainment.tv Mobile: +353-86-6032164 E: [email protected] Electric Burma is a music concert documentary of the historic visit by Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Dublin in June 2012. It was the first 52 minutes concert held in her honour and in her & 94 minutes presence outside of Burma.

The remarkable story and extraordinary music concert of Aung San Suu Kyi's his - toric visit to Dublin, her first to Europe in nearly a quarter of a century, having spent 15 of the years from 1988 - 2010 under house arrest. Over 30 acts performed music, dance, spoken word and trapeze! Highlights include musical performances by Bono, Damien Rice, Lupe Fiasco, Bob Geldof, Angelique Kidjo and Riverdance. Spoken word performance by Vanessa Redgrave, Bob Geldof, Saoirse Ronan and Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones) Presentation of 'Ambassador of Conscience' Award by Bono to Aung San Suu Kyi. Short speech by Aung San Suu Kyi. All artists perform the finale of Bob Dylan's 'I shall be released'…

“My name is Jimmy Murakami. Teruaki is the Japanese name I was born with. It was taken from me in America after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.”

The late Japanese american animator Jimmy T. Murakami’s has enthralled cinemagoers all over”the world and children still grow up watching his classic “ The Snowman ’. When Murakami released “ When the Wind Blows ” audiences got a powerful wake up call to the horror of the nuclear Bomb. after a glittering career in moviemaking Jimmy had one more project that would reveal a dark chapter in his childhood that he had never dealt with - until the making of “ Non Alien ” HD 56 mins

One of the greatest stains on the history of american civil liberties occurred after Japan attacked Pearl harbour during WW2. Japanese-american citizens like Jimmy and his family were evacuated to Tule lake concentration camp in the california desert. Jimmy was only nine years old when his family had to quit their small farm to be imprisioned for four years for a crime of which they had no part in. Jimmy Murakami still rages against the america that scarred his life. This film goes on a powerful journey with Jimmy, from his adopted country, Ireland, through his film career, culminating in his return to Tule lake to confront his childhood and his ever-present anger with the american government that put him there. Jimmy speaks for the thousands of other internees that were imprisoned for years in the camp and recalls the deprivations his family endured and the horror of witnessing his sister sumiko die from leukemia.

“Sé Merry Doyle’s wonderful new film follows this extraordinary journey with great compassion and grace.” Gráinne Humphries - Dublin Film Festival

Jimmy Murakami - Non Alien features six specially commisioned animation sequences based on Jimmy's paintings of life in the camp. They create a powerful recreation of Jimmy's and his family losing all their worldy goods as they were cast out of the american Dream.

The film deals touchingly with his long-delayed return to the site of the camp. Non Alien proved to be a fitting tribute to a stalwart of his industry with great compassion and grace.” Donald Clarke – The Irish Times

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The Bloody Irish! is a powerful and emotional Rising is a foul act of treachery, Maxwell has a drama, a truly profound theatrical experience. change of heart, asking in the end whether he has made a grievous mistake in sending the main protag - First filmed for television as a 75 minute special and onists, Pearse, Connolly and the rest, to their broadcast on PBS in the US throughout late 2015. deaths. British General Sir George Grenfell Maxwell – “Irish Les Mis ready to do battle on Broadway” the man who signed the death warrants of the The Sunday Times 3/12/15 1916 Irish leaders - narrates this dramatic retelling of the events of The 1916 Rising, “After a well received broadcast on PBS this past Ireland’s rebellion which took place during Easter October, new musical The Bloody Irish! Will land Week 1916. Starting out with a belief that The on the Great White Way” Broadway.com 7/1/16

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